A DEVICE FOR SCANNING BOUND BOOKS AND LOOSE SHEET DOCUMENTS WITH ARRANGEMENT TO SWITCH BETWEEN THE BOOK SCANNING CONFIGURATION AND DOCUMENT SCANNING CONFIGURATION AND FURTHER COMPRISING DEDICATED TRANSPARENT PLATEN ASSEMBLY IN EACH CONFIGURATION.

摘要

This invention relates to the devices designed for scanning bound books and loose sheet documents in which digital cameras are used as imaging devices. The invention discloses a scanning device with an arrangement to switch between book scanning configuration and document scanning configuration (comprising a dedicated transparent platen assembly in each configuration) and vice versa by following few, simple steps. In one preferred embodiment, the device comprises of a V-shaped cradle assembly to hold the book. A vertically movable V-shaped transparent platen assembly is used to flatten the book"s pages for distortion free scanning. Two digital cameras are used as image capturing devices. The device also comprises of a removable flatbed assembly for scanning loose sheet documents. The cameras are mounted on assemblies with special design features which facilitate precise linear and 3-dimensional adjustment of the cameras for best quality scanning. End of Abstract